Scotland’s night patrol groups say they are protecting women and children. Critics claim they are ‘vigilantes’
Our investigation indentified more than a dozen groups across Scotland claiming to provide 'street patrols'.
Climate and the Environment
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Row over failed plan to crack down on landowners over deer
The government’s wildlife agency, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), has come under fire after backing down on a plan to
The world’s icecaps are melting and threatening to flood millions, say scientists
New evidence of the dramatic and destabilising impact of carbon pollution on the world’s polar regions has prompted calls
Communities across Scotland at risk from flooding reservoirs
More than 550 reservoirs around Scotland have been officially rated as “high risk” because of the homes, businesses, roads, railways
Probe into farmers’ failings on biomass boilers
The energy watchdog has launched an investigation into revelations that at least ten Scottish farmers failed to get planning permission
Plastic pollution prompts calls for curbs on industry
Mounting evidence on how plastic wastes are contaminating beaches, polluting the oceans and harming wildlife is putting pressure on Scotland’
Scotland’s green watchdog wined and dined by polluters
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has been repeatedly wined and dined by the fish farming, whisky and power industries,
Claim that Scottish water is in public hands is Mostly True
New Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has become embroiled in a row with the SNP over public ownership. The MSP,
Food safety checks to be increased at Scottish chicken plant
Surprise food safety inspections are to be stepped up at a Scottish slaughterhouse following a scandal in England, a government
Scotland’s public forests ‘at risk’ from management shake-up
Wildlife, walking and other woodland attractions across the country are under threat from plans by Scotland’s largest public landowner
Developer pressured council in bid to cut costs from city centre regeneration bill
Property developers have made repeated attempts to limit the amount they must spend on public space improvements around a controversial
Exposed: Ineos links to Paradise Papers firm
The Grangemouth petrochemical giant, Ineos, has links with the controversial offshore tax haven firm exposed by the recent ‘Paradise Papers’
Trump golf links will be stripped of conservation status, say experts
Rare sand dunes on the Aberdeenshire coast are likely to be stripped of their status as a protected nature conservation